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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 08:16:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu>
Subject: Re: GateD problem...
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To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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Yes, illegal was not the right word, but .254 produces no useable hosts.
This is a /31 mask.  It is valid, but void of any hosts.

Joe Clarke

On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Dean Hollister wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Joe "Marcus" Clarke wrote:
> 
> > I've never setup gated so I'm not sure what that "mask" statement means
> > exactly, but if you're refering to netmask, .254 is illegal.  Did you by
> > chance mean .252 (2 hosts per 62 subnets)?
> 
> A masklength of 30 is correct, starting at 180. But still cannot see
> across the network...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> d.
> 
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